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[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 168444

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jordan Abel" <random832 at ...> wrote:
>
> On 5/7/07, Steve <bboyminn at ...> wrote:
> > bboyminn:
> > The 10x4x7=280 has always been a hopelessly flawed
> > estimate. It assumes many facts that are not in evidence.
> >
> > bboyminn:
> >
> > I have always suspected that 1,000 was the capacity of
> > Hogwarts, not its current enrollment. We see that there
> > are many classrooms that are unused, and many areas that
> > are being used for storage, that indicates that the
> > school is /not/ at full capacity.
> 
> Random832:
> 1000 is not likely to be full capacity for a school that size - I went
> to a high school that had over 3000 students and hogwarts definitely
> seems like it's larger (or at least comparable, as an absolute
> minimum) in terms of the size of the building.
 
Geoff:
I have a suspicion that you may be viewing this from a US point of 
view. JKR has based Hogwarts on a British style public school. Most 
schools of this type would probably have a school roll in the 500-
800 range; just maybe up to 1000. You wouldn't get ANY UK 
school with an enrolment anywhere near 3000. The largest were 
the first comprehensive schools in the mid-1950s which reached 
2000 and most of these have now downsized.

I would certainly expect Hogwarts to fit in the parameters I 
suggested at the start. Bear in mind also its age.....